India recorded 4,575 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 145 deaths due to the infection in the past 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Wednesday (March 9), the country saw a total of 7,416 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery rate at around 98.68 per cent and total recoveries data reached to 4,24,13,566.The total active cases of COVID-19 in India have declined to 46,962 the ministry data showed today.The total death toll in the country is now at 5,15,355. In India, the first death due to the COVID pandemic was reported in March 2020.According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 77,52,08,471 samples have been tested up to March 8 for COVID-19. Of these 8,97,904 samples were tested on Tuesday.
